Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    22/08/2025, 15:24

General

  • Target
    chrome_134.exe
  • Size 8.3MB
  • Sample250822-stdqxsvybx
  • SHA256 37e685f65a4fba8a3d6e739305370a8bf9134b8ddca8f0ef0e02fb32e9a3cc0f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Xmrig family
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 19 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Themida packer 13 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 14 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 19 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\chrome_134.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\chrome_134.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:1760
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5964
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4244
      • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
        wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        3⤵
          PID:1960
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:3596
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1568
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:3396
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:3740
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:2420
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1028
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1004
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1072
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5196
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe delete "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC"
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:4572
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe create "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe" start= "auto"
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:3924
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop eventlog
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1636
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe start "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC"
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1860
    • C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
      C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
      1⤵
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Checks BIOS information in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5836
      • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1188
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1848
        • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
          wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
          3⤵
            PID:2260
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5152
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:3452
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2836
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5284
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:3660
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5856
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4904
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3624
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4660
        • C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
          2⤵
            PID:6016
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            explorer.exe
            2⤵
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3228

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              updater.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
              • Size 8.3MB
              • SHA256 37e685f65a4fba8a3d6e739305370a8bf9134b8ddca8f0ef0e02fb32e9a3cc0f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_ttq1or0k.mfk.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ttq1or0k.mfk.ps1
              • Size 60B
              • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              hosts

              • Path C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 eda1aae2c8fce700e3bdbe0186cf3db88400cf0ac13ec736e84dacba61628a01
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/1188-47-0x000002B679000000-0x000002B67901C000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-49-0x000002B678FF0000-0x000002B678FFA000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-50-0x000002B679200000-0x000002B67921C000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-48-0x000002B679020000-0x000002B6790D3000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-53-0x000002B6791F0000-0x000002B6791F8000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-54-0x000002B679220000-0x000002B679226000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-55-0x000002B679230000-0x000002B67923A000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-52-0x000002B679240000-0x000002B67925A000-memory.dmp

              memory/1188-51-0x000002B6791E0000-0x000002B6791EA000-memory.dmp

              memory/1760-4-0x00007FF76F630000-0x00007FF7705BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1760-24-0x00007FF76F630000-0x00007FF7705BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1760-0-0x00007FF76F630000-0x00007FF7705BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1760-5-0x00007FF76F630000-0x00007FF7705BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1760-2-0x00007FF76F630000-0x00007FF7705BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1760-3-0x00007FF76F630000-0x00007FF7705BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1760-1-0x00007FF76F630000-0x00007FF7705BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-88-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-78-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-70-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-87-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-75-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-89-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-90-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-91-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-69-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-71-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-74-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-72-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-73-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-84-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-82-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-79-0x00000000007E0000-0x0000000000800000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-86-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-85-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-83-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-68-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3228-76-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5836-27-0x00007FF7E7ED0000-0x00007FF7E8E5C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5836-28-0x00007FF7E7ED0000-0x00007FF7E8E5C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5836-81-0x00007FF7E7ED0000-0x00007FF7E8E5C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5836-30-0x00007FF7E7ED0000-0x00007FF7E8E5C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5836-29-0x00007FF7E7ED0000-0x00007FF7E8E5C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5964-18-0x000001F738CC0000-0x000001F738CD0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5964-17-0x000001F738CC0000-0x000001F738CD0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5964-13-0x000001F738D40000-0x000001F738D62000-memory.dmp

              memory/5964-6-0x000001F738CC0000-0x000001F738CD0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5964-7-0x000001F738CC0000-0x000001F738CD0000-memory.dmp

              memory/6016-64-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

              memory/6016-63-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

              memory/6016-62-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

              memory/6016-61-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

              memory/6016-60-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

              memory/6016-67-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp